ABERDEEN, 21-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Steve Nicol has been appointed as chief financial officer (CFO) of Wood Group PSN (WGPSN). Effective February 2015, Steve moves into the role from his previous position as CFO of WGPSN’s UK operations. Steve succeeds … Read the full press release
Posted in Financial, Industrial, Management, United Kingdom
Tagged David Kemp, Steve Nicol, Wood Group PSN
Chr. Hansen realized 9% organic growth in Q1 2014/15 and maintains full-year expectations Hørsholm, Denmark, 21-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — “With solid organic revenue growth of 9% in Q1 2014/15, Chr. Hansen has started the year well. The Cultures & Enzymes Division (7% … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Denmark, Financial, Food & Beverage, Management
Tagged Cees de Jong, Chr. Hansen, organic growth in Q1 2014/15
Vantaa, Finland, 21-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Vaisala, a global leader in innovative weather solutions for road maintenance and Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) has released the RoadDSS Road Condition App for the Apple IPad. The latest addition to the Vaisala iRWIS total road … Read the full press release
Søborg, 21-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — ISS has acquired the UK, Ireland and European activities of UK-based GS Hall plc, which is a leading technical services company focused on mechanical and electrical engineering, energy management and compliance. In line with its stated … Read the full press release
Posted in Denmark, Ireland, Management, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Clive Clarke, GS Hall plc, Henrik Andersen, ISS, Jeff Gravenhorst, technical services company
YORK, 20-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Bacteria are as individual as people, according to new research by Professor Peter Young and his team in the Department of Biology at the University of York. Bacteria are essential to health, agriculture and the environment, … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Science, United Kingdom
Tagged bacteria, biology, Professor Young, Rhizobium leguminosarum, University of York
Le bisphénol F et le bisphénol S, substituts du bisphénol A dans certaines applications, ont le même effet négatif sur le testicule fœtal humain que celui du bisphénol A. C’est ce que viennent de démontrer René Habert et ses collaborateurs … Read the full press release
Posted in Chemicals, France, Healthcare, Science
Tagged Benachi A, bisphénol A, CEA, Eladak S, fœtal humain, Grisin T, Guerquin M, Habert R., Le bisphénol F, le bisphénol S, Livera G, Moison D, N'Tumba-Byn T, Pozzi-Gaudin S, Rouiller-Fabre V
Effective 1 July 2015,Dr. Matthias Metz will become a new Member of the Executive Board of the ZEISS Group Dr. Metz will be responsible for the consumer-oriented Vision Care and Consumer Opticsbusiness groups OBERKOCHEN/Germany, 15-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Effective 1 July 2015, … Read the full press release
Sixt ist die erste Autovermietung in Deutschland mit dem neuen Fahrzeug im Angebot Der große Iveco Daily verbindet den Komfort eines Transporters mit der hohen Nutzlast eines Lkw für Privat- wie Gewerbekunden München / Unterschleißheim, 19-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Ein Transporter … Read the full press release
Best imaging quality and fast linear scanning Jena/Germany, 19-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — ZEISS is introducing a new compact confocal laser scanning microscope for high-end confocal imaging, ZEISS LSM 800. Tailored to the needs of a broad range of applications in individual research … Read the full press release
VW Constellation 24.280 model remains best-selling truck MUNICH, 19-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Brazilian automotive vehicle manufacturer association Anfavea has confirmed MAN Latin America as the market leader for trucks for the twelfth year in a row. The company closed 2014 … Read the full press release
An international group of scientists has proposed a start date for the dawn of the Anthropocene – a new chapter in the Earth’s geological history. Leicester, UK, 16-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Humans are having such a marked impact on the … Read the full press release
Research carried out by Medical Research Council’s Toxicology Unit based at the University of Leicester Leicester, UK, 16-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Research by scientists at the Medical Research Council’s Toxicology Unit, based at the University of Leicester, has identified a … Read the full press release
University of Leicester space scientists play key role in cosmic search Leicester, UK, 16-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The Next-Generation Transit Survey (NGTS) has achieved first light at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in northern Chile. This project, involving the University of Leicester, … Read the full press release
BKW sponsorship activity Bern, 16-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Swiss-Ski and BKW have entered into a three-year sponsorship agreement. BKW is therefore stepping up its commitment to talented young athletes, amateur sport and elite sport within its sports sponsorship activity. By supporting … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Marketing, Sports, Switzerland
Tagged BKW, ENERGY, national energy service provider, sponsorship, Suzanne Thoma, Swiss-Ski, Urs Lehmann
Wintershall Deutschland invests around 20 million euros / Modernization of the crude oil treatment plant / Construction of new oil pipeline for the Düste field planned Barnstorf, 16-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Wintershall is investing around 20 million euros in its Barnstorf site … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Energy, Gas & Oil, Germany, Management, Technology
Tagged Andreas Scheck, Barnstorf, crude oil treatment plant, Kreis Diepholz, Lower Saxony, Wintershall
Biscay, Spain, 16-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Gamesa, a global technology leader in the renewable energy industry, has raised more than the targeted €100 million of proceeds from asset sales in 2014. This target was surpassed with the close in December 2014 of … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Management, Spain
Tagged Gamesa, photovoltaic solar plant, Plenium Partners, Warwick Capital Partners
Biscay, Spain, 15-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — José Antonio Miranda has been made Gamesa’s top executive (CEO) for the entire Latin American region, after 4 years leading Gamesa China. Miranda, who joined Gamesa in 2007 as Managing Director of the Electric Components Division, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Management, Spain, Technology
Tagged Álvaro Bilbao, Gamesa, Gamesa Energy Transmission, José Antonio Miranda
The company will install 25 of its G97-2.0 MW turbines for HCIG and 21 of the same model for UPC. These two new contracts reinforce Gamesa’s strategy in China, where it won contracts for the supply of 450 MW in … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Spain, Technology
Tagged 50 MW to Hebei Construction & Investment Group, CHINA, Gamesa, UPC, wind farm, wind farm developer
Join this year’s Hamburg Aviation Conference and learn from Beatie Wolfe how to succeed in your business environment CHUR, 15-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — New year, new challenges. Beatie Wolfe has turned in less than a year from an artist and … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Entertainment, Germany, Marketing, News, Switzerland, Technology, Travel
Tagged Airbus, Apple, artist, Aviation, Beatie Wolfe, business strategy, conferences, events, Guest Logix, Hamburg Aviation Conference, ICLP, interactive 3D release, Jason Solomons, Karen Krizanovich, Lumexis, Michael Acton Smith, monocle24, moshi monster, new technology, palmtop theatre, PopJam, Ursula Silling, “think future”
LONDON, 15-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Prime Minister David Cameron and Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne today visited the Unilever hub in Port Sunlight to see first-hand how investments in innovation, manufacturing and information technology are creating an unparalleled global hub in … Read the full press release
Amsterdam, The Netherlands | Troisdof, Germany, 15-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — TNT is now offering CO2 neutral delivery of all express domestic consignments in Germany at no additional charge. The initiative will help SMEs and large customers alike mitigate their environmental impact. CO2 … Read the full press release
MADRID, 15-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Alstom Spain signed a Declaration of Adhesion to the Spanish Green Growth Group, led by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and the Environment, whose aim is to move towards a low carbon economy. The creation … Read the full press release
Alstom has been awarded two contracts worth over €220 million[1] in total for the supply and the maintenance of the power island of the 950 MW Kirikkale combined-cycle power plant located in the central Anatolia region in Turkey. The plant is … Read the full press release
Kortrijk, Belgium, 15-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — In accordance with the regulations Barco NV hereby discloses information regarding the acquisition of own shares. Under the framework of the share buy-back program, as announced per 7 November 2014, the company reports today that during … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, Electronics & Machinery, Financial, Management, Technology
Tagged acquisition of own shares, Barco NV, Carl Vanden Bussche
Rancho Cordova, Ca., USA, 15-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Barco, the global leader in digital cinema projection, has partnered with Cinema Equipment & Supplies (CE+S), a full service digital cinema integrator serving Latin America, to complete the conversion of UVK’s theaters located in … Read the full press release
KORTRIJK, 15-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Global enterprise visualization expert Barco has entered into a strategic partnership with MCD Medical Computers Deutschland, a leading manufacturer of IT systems for the healthcare industry. Under the agreement, MCD will provide its customers with … Read the full press release
Just looking at somebody shivering is enough to make us feel cold, new University of Sussex research has found. Brighton, 15-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Volunteers who watched videos of people putting their hands in cold water found their own body … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Science, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged Dr Neil Harrison, feel cold, Feeling cold is contagious, PLOS ONE, University of Sussex
Hollywood heartthrob Jake Gyllenhaal is making his Broadway debut in a play partly inspired by University of Sussex physicists. Brighton, 14-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Playwright Nick Payne consulted Dr Kathy Romer and former Sussex physicist Professor Andrew Liddle when writing the … Read the full press release
In October 2014, JYSK pledged its support to the Danish Cancer Society’s fight against breast cancer. The final figures have come in, and a total of 65,000 euros will go towards the campaign. Aarhus, Denmark, 14-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Since … Read the full press release
Posted in Denmark, Financial, Management, Retail
Tagged Danish Cancer Society, fight against breast cancer, JYSK
In the first three quarters of 2014|15, pressure on prices in the Sugar segment and one-time structural effects in the Fruit segment led to significant reductions in revenue and EBIT. VIENNA, 14-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — In the first nine months … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Austria, Financial, Management
Every Apple smartphone and tablet with cellular capability uses technology from Ericsson The license agreement has expired and no new agreement has been reached, despite approximately two years of negotiations, resulting in Apple being without a license to Ericsson’s technology … Read the full press release
Milestone confirms Alcatel-Lucent’s market leadership and industry shift from traditional VDSL2 to VDSL2 vectoring to meet urgent demand for ultra-broadband services. Brussels, 14-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Alcatel-Lucent further underlined its leadership in fixed-line ultra-broadband access by reaching the milestone of 10 million … Read the full press release
Brussels, Belgium, 14-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Arthur D. Little has today released its first study on the Telecom sector in Belgium, commissioned by the five major operators of the Belgian Telecom market (Base Company, Mobistar, Proximus, Telenet and VOO), entitled ‘A New … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, Management, Marketing, Technology, Telecom
Tagged Arthur D. Little study, Base Company, Mobistar, Proximus, Telenet, the Telecom sector in Belgium, VOO
HOUSTON, 14-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — GDF SUEZ Energy Resources NA announced today it will provide power to two of MetroNational’s office towers in Memorial City. This agreement strengthens MetroNational’s commitment to environmental responsibility by incorporating Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) to One … Read the full press release
The feeding habits of an unusual 200-million-year-old fish have been uncovered by a University of Bristol undergraduate in a groundbreaking study which has been published in Palaeontology, a leading scientific journal, this week – a rare achievement for an undergraduate … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Science, United Kingdom
Tagged Bristol City Museum, Dapedium, feeding habits, Henry De la Beche, Louis Agassiz, Lyme Regis, Mary Anning, Natural History Museum, Palaeontology, Philpot Museum in Lyme Regis, Professor Mike Benton, The Jurassic fish, the Lower Lias rocks of the Dorset coast, undergraduate study, University of Bristol, unusual 200-million-year-old fish
A new project, hosted at the University of Bristol and funded by the Hatton Trust, which aims to encourage and facilitate the study of the history of Hong Kong in the UK will be launched this week. BRISTOL, 14-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ … Read the full press release
Grödig, 14-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — SKIDATA has acquired a majority stake in its American distributor Sentry Control Systems. With its participation in the company, SKIDATA strengthens its US business and highlights its international growth strategy. SKIDATA is the majority shareholder … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Business, Management, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Hugo Rohner, parking solutions, Sentry Control Systems, SKIDATA
LONDON, 13-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Today Pearson, the world’s leading learning company, has published research which shows that The Beatles and the Harry Potter film series have been voted as the most popular sources of culture that help people learn … Read the full press release
Tallinn, Estonia, 13-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The exhibition ‘Lithuanian Money from the Litas to the Euro’ opens on 13 January in the Eesti Pank museum. It tells the story of the history of money in Lithuania and is being presented to … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Estonia, Financial, Lithuania
Tagged Eesti Pank, Eesti Pank museum, exhibition, Siiri Ries, the Litas to the Euro’, ‘Lithuanian Money
SIENA, 13-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Further to media speculation as to Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena’s (“BMPS”) target Common Equity Tier 1 ratio post the completion of the capital plan submitted on 10 November 2014, BMPS can confirm that … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Italy, Management
Tagged Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, Comprehensive Assessment, ECB's SSM board
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